Difficulties of a Revenue Officer in Texas (open access)

Difficulties of a Revenue Officer in Texas

Front cover of a book discussing action by the Mexican government to send a revenue officer and small contingent of soldiers into Texas.
Date: January 1901
Creator: Barker, Eugene C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope addressed to Johnson Moorhead] (open access)

[Envelope addressed to Johnson Moorhead]

Papers of Johnson Moorhead. Envelope addressed to Johnson Moorhead of Lamar, CO with stamps in Saline, MO; Springfield, CO; and Lamar, CO.
Date: January 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Deed for town lot (open access)

Deed for town lot

J.W. Hall deeds to J.J. Wyatt the southern half of a town lot in Washington, Texas for $20.00
Date: January 1871
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[List of Officers Who Have Resigned] (open access)

[List of Officers Who Have Resigned]

First page of a list of officers whose resignations were accepted by the President as of January 1865.
Date: January 18, 1865
Creator: United States. War Department. Inspector General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Presidential Proclamation (open access)

Presidential Proclamation

Proclamation issued by Lincoln concerning designation of areas in rebellion and emancipation in those areas.
Date: January 2, 1863
Creator: Lincoln, Abraham
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Navy of the Confederate States, to January 1, 1863" (open access)

"Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Navy of the Confederate States, to January 1, 1863"

Register of Confederate Navy officers
Date: January 1, 1863
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill of sale] (open access)

[Bill of sale]

Bill of sale from Ambrose D. Harper to Alexander Simon for two negro slaves
Date: January 13, 1862
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Concurrent Resolutions Relative to the State of the Union  on Coercion" (open access)

"Concurrent Resolutions Relative to the State of the Union on Coercion"

Resolutions introduced to the Senate by Mr. Watson on January 22,1861.
Date: January 22, 1861
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Front Cover (open access)

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Front Cover

Illustrations of "Texan Handmen," "The Fandango, "Main Plaza, San Antonio," "Mission Concepcion," "Primitive Bathing," and "Cock Fighting" from Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper
Date: January 15, 1859
Creator: Everett, Richard
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Page 102 (open access)

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Page 102

Illustrations of "Texan Handmen," "The Fandango, "Main Plaza, San Antonio," "Mission Concepcion," "Primitive Bathing," and "Cock Fighting" from Frank Jessie's illustrated newspaper
Date: January 15, 1859
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Page 103 (open access)

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Page 103

Illustrations of "Texan Handmen," "The Fandango, "Main Plaza, San Antonio," "Mission Concepcion," "Primitive Bathing," and "Cock Fighting" from Frank Jessie's illustrated newspaper
Date: January 15, 1859
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Sam Houston from P. Clayton, January 26, 1853] (open access)

[Letter to Sam Houston from P. Clayton, January 26, 1853]

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Letter to Sam Houston from P. Clayton regarding claims by Baylor for bounty land, a horse killed in battle, and forage and rations during the Mexican War
Date: January 26, 1853
Creator: Clayton, P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. Pilsbury to Jesse Grimes] (open access)

[Letter from L. Pilsbury to Jesse Grimes]

Papers of Jesse Grimes. Letter from L. Pilsbury to Jesse Grimes, concerns mail route
Date: January 20, 1848
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Sketch of the Battle of Los Angeles, Upper California, fought between the Americans and Mexicans Jan. 9th, 1847. from a sketch of Emory"

Map shows pueblo of de los Angeles, American camp, battle positions of the Americans and Mexicans, and position of the advancing Americans
Date: January 9, 1847
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William Grimes to Jesse Grimes, January 1, 1846] (open access)

[Letter from William Grimes to Jesse Grimes, January 1, 1846]

Papers of Jesse Grimes. Letter from William Grimes to Jesse Grimes, concerns horse sale and immigration. Mentions F.H. Womack, E.G. Collier, John Dunbar, Albert Grimes, Mrs. Pew, Joseph Black, and Judge Lister.
Date: January 1, 1846
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
General Jackson's Fine (open access)

General Jackson's Fine

First page of an editorial criticizing the conduct of Whig Party in regard to public printing.
Date: January 31, 1843
Creator: Pearce, Mr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Speech of Mr. Winthrop, of Massachusetts, on the Annexation of Texas" (open access)

"Speech of Mr. Winthrop, of Massachusetts, on the Annexation of Texas"

Speech delivered to the House of Representatives on January 6th, 1842
Date: January 6, 1842
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Enlistees of F Company, 1st Regiment of Infantry, Texas Army] (open access)

[Enlistees of F Company, 1st Regiment of Infantry, Texas Army]

Listing of soldiers who received bounties from Captain J.B.P. January for enlisting in F Company of the First Regiment of Infantry, Texas Army. January led the company as part of Colonel Edward Burleson's 1839-40 campaign against Comanches in northwestern Texas.
Date: [1840-01-28..]
Creator: January, J. B. P.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washington County legal documents (open access)

Washington County legal documents

Certificate for second class head-right of 320 acres to Joseph Welsh
Date: January 1839
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Estado libre de Coahuila y Tejas (open access)

Estado libre de Coahuila y Tejas

Official Mexican Broadside tabulating the population of Coahuila and Texas for the 1833 census
Date: January 2, 1834
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History